A full-stack software developer, Siobhan Baker first entered the tech industry in 2017 as Community Manager for a social enterprise aiming to get more women into tech. She continued to work while studying a part-time Master’s in Philosophy at Birkbeck.  

8th Light, a network of software, design and technology professionals, offered her a job as a software intern and she has since risen through the ranks to become a senior software developer. She also now works as a strategy consultant for non-profit Coding Black Females, which aims to provide development opportunities and a safe space in which black women can thrive in the tech industry. This is especially important as, according to national statistics, only 1% of people in the IT industry are black women. 

Siobhan acts as a role model for other black women, giving talks to inspire those in the early stages of their career to reach their potential in this traditionally male-dominated industry.